Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-30
MAKE 1T HISTORIC.
The Glorious Fourth to be a Red Let
ter Day for the Texas Pr0hi-
biti0Dists.
Let Every Prohibitionfst, Man, woman and
Child, Send In Their Contributions
OF That Day.
Fellow Citizens OF Texas:

Fellow Citizens OF Texas:
As the executive committee of the state
prohibition convention, held in this city
l3st May, we fad il necessary 20 call upon
YOU by public appeal for money 20 carry
on the Prohibition campaign. Money is
needed, MOI for SIS some seem to SuppOSet
the payment of fas salaries. The mem;
bers Of this cLm mittee give their set--
vices free of charge, as do also very
large number OF occasional workers III
all carts of the state, The COusciOusnsss
of Guty performed being their only re-
ward. But though invaluable, indIspehs
sable, in fact, for local or county Ptif-
poses. this class Is unavailable for other
PURPOSES. and 1t is found necessary to-
keep, in addition thereto, large num-
Der of speakers aud workers constantly
in the field and subject to orders from
this office, and this, OF course, Involves
8 very heavy expense. The press many
voiced and trumpet-t0nguec, must needs
be used 10 the utmost in the REPUTATION
OF error and the dissemination OF truth,
in its relation tc the various phases OF
this reatauestion. With the masses OF
our people, not in some way interested IN
the liquor cratic, ignorance and prelu-
dice, il is believed, are the greatest
barriers to the success Of our cause.
For vanquishing these and kindred eie-
ments of opposition, what so potent as
the press-that mighty engine OF moral
and intellectual power? For mental
starvation, what so good as the pure and
generous fruit of the press? The press
of Texas, though in the msin true TO its
mission and molly responsive at Whatever
cost, to the best interests OF society as
Involved In this contest, has need to be
supplemented largely in It's "laoors OF
love-" and this, too, at an expense eN-
ceeded only by the necessities OF the
situation In brief, and without further
detail, the committee estimates that to
make the campaign in manner reason
sbIy commensurate with apparent re-
auirements, and with the great interests
involved there should be placed in bank,
subject 10 their order for campaign
purposes, not less certainly, than
$50, 600, and they, with confidence, ask
the people of Texas to furnish them with
the amount or the money so far eX
pended on the state campaign, 1t rs due
10 say that more than one-halt has been
contributed by the city Of Waco alone;
but though through this singular munit-
cence we have been enabled TO begin the
work and fairly keepfthlngs moving,so far
with most encouraging res ults,W dare not
longer RELY even partially, upon so lin
iteG g source of supply. Fellow citizens OF
Texas, upon you, IA your capacity as Cit
liens and fathersaas patriots and phllan-
tbroplsts, it is thst,in this emergency we
rely. To you individually and collect
lvelv, it is that we, with confidence, make
this appeal for the money required to
Danish that accuraed traffic which now
casts shadow sthYsrt every home IN al
our fair land. md sshall we plead IN
vain? The lines of tie contest are now
clearly drawn. The opposition led by
men pre-emirent for ability, is backed
financially by the saloon and
other LIQUOR Interests, vast and va
ried in their connections as
they are, of our own state; and noto-
riously also by the breWeries, distilleries
and wholesale sellers OF liquors IN cities
and states remote from the scene OF con-
flict and interested in Texas only IN so
fsr as they hope through perpetuatlon
and further extension of their netarious
business to enrich themselves, and that
by unduly dominating over civic and So
cial regulations ana at the expense OF
our every interest, social, moral ana ma
terisl, Goth as people and-e state. What
greater indienity, we would ask, could be
offered to either the intelligence or the
manhood of our people aud slater In
deed, what greater danger IS possible to
civil liberty itself, than the domination OF
our public policies and and social regula-
tions threatened by the characters to
which we have here referred? To COM
pass their object, diabolical as it
is, the opposition will, it is be-
lieved, axpend not less certainly than
$500, 600; fully ten times as much as 1t Is
estimated will, through ludiclous man
agement, be required TO defeat tnelr evl!
mschinstions, Danish the liquor traffic
and with it the saloons, and thus intro
duce an era unprecedented for honest
thrift and s0bTiety, with ensuing peace
and prosperity.
People of Texas, sons and heirs OF
revolutionary sires! Let us reconsecr2te
the Fourth of July, now st hand, by
Masking it Z day ever memorable for con
tributious in both money and work 10 the
success OF this grand cause. Let US
make it the "White Day" in the snnals
of our history; the day of q declaration
or independence from JyI6nlj hlNS
Alcohol, even more pernicious, socially,
then was ever King George in political
sense.
Peace hath her victories,
No less renowned than war"
Surely il our fathers of 1T76 freely
pledged their ali, both of life and prop
erty, for the success of the one grsnd
cause, we, their sons and successors Will
not, unless indeed, sadly degenerate, re-
fuse the moiety of money now requisite
to q victory no less glorious, certainly
though in d bloodless ard fRr difterent
field.
All monies received viii be duly &C
knowledged and accounted for. Remit
tances should be made to DR.. Thomas
Moore, treasurer, Waco, Tex.
By order of the Executive Committee.
3. II, CARROLL, Il. b. PARRoTT,
Chairman. Secretary.
All papers friendly to the cause please
copy.
WAXAHACHIEo